Curriculum Vitae
       
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor, Central Connecticut State University, History Department, Fall 2007
Instructor, University of Georgia, History Department, Fall 2005-Summer 2006; Summer 2007
       
EDUCATION
Ph.D., History, Emory University, 2007
  Dissertation: Medieval Anger: Rage and Outrage in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman and
    Northern French Historical Narratives
  Advisor: Stephen D. White
  Certificate in Medieval Studies
       
M.A., History, Emory University, 2005
       
B.A., History with Honors, University of Georgia, Summa cum Laude, 2002
  Honors Thesis: The Role of Philip IV of France in the Inquisitorial Trial of the Knights Templar
B.A., Political Science, University of Georgia, 2002
       
PUBLICATIONS
Articles
"The Politics of Chivalry: The Function of Anger and Shame in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman
  and Northern French Historical Narratives." In Feud, Violence, and Practice: Essays in Honor of
  Stephen D. White, eds. Belle Tuten and Tracey Billado, 55-69. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2010.
  ISBN:978-0-7546-6411-6.
 
"English Jews as Outcasts or Outlaws: The Ritual Murder of Little St. Hugh of Lincoln in Matthew Paris's
  Chronica Majora."In British Outlaws of Literature and History: Essays on Medieval and Early
  Modern Figures from Robin Hood to Twm Shon Catty, ed. Alex Kaufman. Jefferson: McFarland,
  Forthcoming. ISBN: 978-0-7864-5877-6.
"Royal Madness and the Law: The Role of Anger in Representations of Royal Authority in Eleventh- and
  Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Texts."In Medieval Madness and Law, ed. Wendy Turner, 123-146.
  Leiden: Brill, 2010. ISBN: 978-90-04-18749-8.
 
“The ‘Zeal of God’: The Representation of Anger in the Latin Crusade Accounts of the 1096 Rhineland
    Massacres.” In The Constructed Jew: Jews and Judaism through Medieval Christian Eyes, edited by
    Merrall Price and Kris Utterback. Leeds: Institute for Medieval Studies. Under Review.
 
Reviews
“Cuffel, Alexandra. Gendering Disgust in Medieval Religious Polemic. University of Notre Dame, 2007."
    Medieval Feminist Forum 44, no. 2 (Winter 2008):156-158.
 
“Nicholas, David. The Northern Lands: Germanic Europe, c. 1270-c. 1500. Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.”
    Itinerario 34, no. 1 (2010):151-153.
 
Reference Works
“Urban Tourism (2000 words),” “Crowds of Pilgrims (1300 words),” and “Holy People, Pilgrimage to (1300
    words).” In Encyclopedia of Medieval Pilgrimage, edited by Larissa Taylor. 137-139; 563-565;
    780-783. Leiden: Brill, 2009.
   
“Concepts of Gender, Gender Distinctions, and Roles in Rome (1200 words),” and “Peace and Truce of
    God (600 words).” In World History Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, forthcoming.
 
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
International
“Models of Chivalry: The Negotiation of Anger in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Texts,”
    paper presented at International Congress for Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University,
    May 2010.
 
“The Wrath of God: Divine Vengeance in Eleventh- And Twelfth-Century Ecclesiastical Culture,” paper
    presented at International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, UK, July 2009.
 
“Anglo-Norman Anger: Emotion, Honor, and Shame in the Historical Writings of Orderic Vitalis and
    William of Malmesbury,” paper presented at International Congress for Medieval Studies, May 2008.
 
“Honestis pariunt lacrimas: The Function of Anger in Medieval Historical Narratives,” paper presented at
    International Medieval Congress, July 2006.
 
“Ambitiosorum tumor: The Negotiation of Rage Among Nobles in Orderic Vitalis’ Historia ecclesiastica,” paper
    presented at International Congress for Medieval Studies, May 2006.
 
“The Conceptions of Youth in English Ritual Murder Accusations,” paper presented at International Medieval
    Congress, July 2005.
 
“Politics of Anger in the First Crusade Chronicles of Ekkehard of Aura and Albert of Aachen,” paper presented
    at International Congress for Medieval Studies, May 2005.
 
Regional
“Peasant Anger and Violence in Eleventh- And Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Historical Narratives,” paper
    presented at Midwest Medieval History Conference, Denison University, OH,October 2008.
 
“Restraining Royal Rage: The Role of Noble Counsel in Expressions of Royal Anger in Anglo-Norman
    Historical Narratives,” paper presented at Medieval and Renaissance Forum, Plymouth State University
    NH, April 2008.
 
“English Jews as Outlaws or Outcasts: The Ritual Murder of Little St. Hugh of Lincoln in Matthew Paris’
    Chronica majora,” paper presented at Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, University of the South, TN,
    April 2005.
 
“The 1096 Massacres of the Jews: Politics of Anger in Albert of Aachen’s Historia Hierosolymitana and
    Ekkehard of Aura’s Chronicon universal,” paper presented at Midwest Medieval History Conference,
    University of Tennessee, October 2004.
 
TEACHING FIELDS
Medieval History
Central Connecticut State University
    HIST 232: Medieval Europe
    HIST 341: England until 1715
    HIST 395: Medieval France
    HIST 497: Medieval Outlaws and Outcasts
University of Georgia
    HIST 3330: The Medieval World
Emory University
    HIST 201: The Formation of European Society
 
World History
Central Connecticut State University
    HIST 121: World Civilizations I
    FYE 101: First Year Experience
 
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Central Connecticut State University
    WGSS 334: Women of Medieval Europe
University of Georgia
    HIST 3332: Wenches, Witches, Damsels, and Nuns: Women in Medieval West
 
Emotions and Violence Studies
Central Connecticut State University
    HIST 490: Senior Seminar – Violence and Society
Emory University
    HIST 385: Special Topics: Anger and Love – Emotions in the Medieval West
 
Social Studies Secondary Education
Central Connecticut State University
    SSCI 415: Methods of Social Studies at Secondary Level
    EDSC 435: University Supervisor for Student-Teachers in Social Studies Secondary Education
 
Technology Pedagogy
Emory University
    Emory’s Center for Interactive Teaching, 2003-2006
    Emory College Online, 2005
 
GRANTS, HONORS, AND TRAINING
Central Connecticut State University
National Endowment for the Humanities Institute, 2010 – Oxford, UK
    “Representations of the ‘Other’: Jews in Medieval Christendom”
AAUP University Research Grant, 2009-2010
AAUP Faculty Development Grant, 2008-2009; 2010-2011
Semi-Finalist, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2009
University Supervisor Training, 2008, 2009, 2010
First Year Experience Workshop, 2009, 2010
Ahmanson Postdoctoral Fellowship, Caltech, 2008-2009 (Declined)
Research Reassigned Time, Dean of Arts and Sciences, 2008; 2010
Beginning Educator Support and Training (BEST) Workshop for Mentors, 2007
 
Emory University
Dean's Teaching Fellowship, Emory University, 2006-2007
Fund for International Graduate Research, Emory University, Summer 2006
Research Grant, History Department, Emory University, Summer 2005; Summer 2006
Francis Benjamin Prize for Best Graduate Paper, History Department, Emory University, 2003
Doctoral Fellowship, Emory University, Fall 2002-Spring 2006
 
University of Georgia
Phyllis Barrow Award for Outstanding Junior in History
 
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Service to University
Secretary, Academic Standards Committee, 2009-Present
Reviewer, CSU-AAUP Faculty Research Grants Committee, 2009-Present
Presidential Committee on the Concerns of Women, 2008-Present
Advisory Committee for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, 2007-Present
Student Teaching Advisory Committee, 2008-Present
Consortium for High School/Middle School and CCSU, 2007-Present
Professor Cohort for K-12 and SECED Professors, 2007-Present
 
Service to Department
Acting Coordinator for Social Studies Secondary Education, Fall 2010
History Club Co-Advisor, 2010 - Present
Curriculum Committee, 2009- Present
Academic Advisor, 2008-Present
Screening Committee for Social Studies Professional Program, 2007-Present
Phi Alpha Theta Co-Coordinator, 2008-Present
Department Meeting Secretary, 2007-2008
 
Service to the Field
Reader, Advanced Placement World History Exam, 2008-Present
 
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Medieval Academy of America

Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship
American Historical Association
Charles Homer Haskins Society of Anglo-Norman Studies